BBFC

Explain the role of BBFC

The role of BBFC is giving films the correct age rating and they ‘bring uniformity to the classification of film nationally’. They were set up in 1912, the year when the film industry developed nationally and internationally. 

Research film classification and what the guidelines for each one

Find at least 3 films that are similar to yours and explain why they have those particular ratings. 

Animal Kingdom came out 2010; Joshua 'J' Cody lives with his estranged grandmother after his mother overdoses whereby he joins the crime world via the influence of his family.

Animal Kingdom is a Crime Drama that has a rating of '15' because it contains strong language, violence and drug use whereby it wouldn't be suitable for children below this age range as there will more likely to be offended by the contentions and denotations of the film which will lower the chance of them getting engaged with their film. Therefore, these are the queries and questions we must take forward when we are filming our own Thriller opening sequence.

Halloween came out in 1978; Laurie Strode, who is the best used example of Clover's final girl, does not realise that Mike Myers has not given up on her and he is close to finally devouring his last victim.

Halloween is a well-known Horror film that has a rating of '18' because it contains great emphasis of violence and sex which would not be appropriate for children under this age rating of 18. Even though blood and gore are generally left to your imagination and how you would react to it, there are numerous slayings and stabbings which would not be suitable for people under the age of eighteen at all. Therefore, these evident features of an 18 rated film should be taken into account when we have to decide what age rating we would like to give our Thriller film.

Kidulthood came out 2006 ; it is about the 'social experience' of being a teenager whereby 'bullying, drugs and sexual activity and fighting presented as a daily norm'.

Kidulthood is a Drama film that has a rating of '15' because it contains strong language, violence, sex references and drug use, which are obviously not appropriate for young children because words like 'c**t' would offend the audience below this age range and these characters are roughly around the 15-17 age range therefore the audience would more likely to emphasise and understand if they were at this age range. But, the reason why this film is not '18' is because it doesn't show a great emphasis of sex reference, drug use and violence which will be needed to classify a film as '18'.

Evaluation- what I/We(Individually as well as a group) learnt

From researching about the BBFC, their ratings and what films are similar to us, my group and I learnt films that are similar to us through different components but we hope to incorporate all of the fundamental elements in our Thriller opening sequence. We hope to incorporate social issues from Kidulthood, the sadistic nature of the antagonist from Halloween and the themes portrayed in Animal Kingdom.